John Baron

John Baron (21 June 1959-) was the Conservative Party MP for Basildon and Billericay from 8 June 2001, succeeding Teresa Gorman.

Biography
John Baron was born in Redhill, Surrey, England in 1959, and he served as a British Army captain in Northern Ireland, Cyprus, and Germany before becoming a merchant banker. In 1995, he became Treasurer of the Streatham Conservative Association, and he was elected the Conservative Party MP for Basildon in 2001. He was a staunch Eurosceptic who often rebelled against his party, and it was rumored that he considered defecting to UKIP in 2014.